Question: Stopovers on Aeroplan Tickets?
May 11, 2014, 9:55 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Bonn, Germany
Programs: TK Elite, LH FTL
Posts: 647
Stopovers on Aeroplan Tickets?
Please pardon my ignorance, but I have been unable to find an answer to this question here yet:
My wife is an Aeroplan member and we are thinking about redeeming points for a flight from Khartoum to Toronto via Cairo on Egyptair. Online, we can see some availability for the dates we are looking for, but the engine does not allow us to book stopovers. I assume we need to call Aeroplan for this, but I was wondering whether Aeroplan tickets in general allow stopovers (more than 24 hours) and if yes, whether one or two.
Thank you in advance!
My wife is an Aeroplan member and we are thinking about redeeming points for a flight from Khartoum to Toronto via Cairo on Egyptair. Online, we can see some availability for the dates we are looking for, but the engine does not allow us to book stopovers. I assume we need to call Aeroplan for this, but I was wondering whether Aeroplan tickets in general allow stopovers (more than 24 hours) and if yes, whether one or two.
Thank you in advance!
May 11, 2014, 10:40 am
#2
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: ZRH/YXU
Programs: A3*G, OZ*G, OW Sapphire
Posts: 526
Flight Reward Travel Involving a Stopover/Open Jaw
26. Stopovers are not permitted on one-way flight rewards.
27. Stopovers and/or open jaws are not permitted on flight rewards with Calm Air.
28. On roundtrip rewards, stopovers are permitted as follows:
28.1. Travel within Canada or between Canada and the Continental USA (not including Hawaii/Puerto Rico): One stopover permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in lieu of the one stopover.
28.2. Between Canada/Cont. USA and Hawaii/Puerto Rico/Mexico/Central America/Caribbean:
28.2.1. Rule for rewards containing only Air Canada flight: Two stopovers are permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in lieu of one stopover.
28.2.2. Rule for rewards containing a minimum of one flight on a Star Alliance partner other than Air Canada: One stopover is permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in addition to the one stopover.
28.3. Intercontinental travel (travel between two continents): Two stopovers permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in lieu of one of the two stopovers.
28.4. Intracontinental travel (travel within the same continent) except for travel within Canada/Continental USA, or between Canada/Cont. USA and Hawaii/Puerto Rico/Mexico/Central America/Caribbean: Stopovers are not permitted. One open jaw is permitted.
26. Stopovers are not permitted on one-way flight rewards.
27. Stopovers and/or open jaws are not permitted on flight rewards with Calm Air.
28. On roundtrip rewards, stopovers are permitted as follows:
28.1. Travel within Canada or between Canada and the Continental USA (not including Hawaii/Puerto Rico): One stopover permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in lieu of the one stopover.
28.2. Between Canada/Cont. USA and Hawaii/Puerto Rico/Mexico/Central America/Caribbean:
28.2.1. Rule for rewards containing only Air Canada flight: Two stopovers are permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in lieu of one stopover.
28.2.2. Rule for rewards containing a minimum of one flight on a Star Alliance partner other than Air Canada: One stopover is permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in addition to the one stopover.
28.3. Intercontinental travel (travel between two continents): Two stopovers permitted in addition to the point of turnaround. One open jaw is permitted in lieu of one of the two stopovers.
28.4. Intracontinental travel (travel within the same continent) except for travel within Canada/Continental USA, or between Canada/Cont. USA and Hawaii/Puerto Rico/Mexico/Central America/Caribbean: Stopovers are not permitted. One open jaw is permitted.
Also don't forget Ethiopian is also a *A member, consider options through them too.
May 11, 2014, 4:25 pm
#6
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Bonn, Germany
Programs: TK Elite, LH FTL
Posts: 647
Thanks, since I'm departing from Khartoum, I'm quite aware what it means to fly on Egyptair when it come to alcohol. I'm not concerned about that. I have flown both MS and ET quite extensively in the last few years and generally prefer MS (even though the 787 might change the picture) as CAI is vastly superior to ADD as a transit airport and MS uses more modern equipment on the kind of route I'm flying to Europe. I personally feel TK is by far the best choice in this part of the world, but for family reasons the stopover has to be in Egypt.